trudged; trudging
: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
trudged through deep snow
: to trudge along or over
trudger
noun
Synonyms
Examples of trudge in a Sentence
Verb
I was trudging through the snow.
She trudged up the hill.
Noun
a trudge across the snow
Recent Examples on the Web
Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
Here is the latest news out of Maui as officials and residents alike trudge forward toward recovery following the tragedy.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
Others in the camp trudged through mud and around large puddles on Tuesday afternoon to a row of white canopies just outside the fence.
—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
Instead, the show trudged through locker-room rivalries, boardroom subplots, and the business machinations of the owner, Jerry Buss, before finally staging a tip-off halfway through, for Magic’s first Lakers game.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2023
But overall, these are cool-looking boots for trudging around wet city streets and a fashion statement at the very least.
—Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
On social media and via calls and text messages, Paradise residents have rushed to share their deep and highly specialized expertise: how to trudge forward through unthinkable communal devastation, while navigating the seemingly endless bureaucracy of recovery.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
Elisha Barnes leaned over the steering wheel of his blue 1961 Ford tractor as workers from the local food bank trudged through a muddy field and dumped baskets of sweet corn into the bucket.
—Jim Morrison, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
As soon as Gonsolin trudged back to the dugout after the inning, however, the Dodgers’ offense roared to life.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Justin Worland, Time, 20 July 2023
Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution (Oxford University, 603 pp., $29.95) is a trudge to read, but its encyclopedic descriptions can yield interesting details and some solid tactical analysis.
—Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 13 July 2023
In this July 20, 1969, file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
A week-by-week trudge on a treadmill that the NBA schedule-maker cruelly set on a steep gradient.
—Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2021
Instead of chasing bets on this year’s road to the Final Four, Cappelen is beginning the long trudge to recovery.
—Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2023
During several hikes, including a chilly sunrise hike to the tallest dune and an hours-long, seemingly endless trudge that circled the entirety of the dunes, participants alternated between solitary moments and sharing insights (and laughs) with others in the group.
—Amanda Siebert, Forbes, 1 July 2022
Petterson’s trudge in the deep snow.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 10 July 2020
Nature is there to inspire, not antagonize, them, though when their car breaks down eight miles from the house, forcing an arduous trudge through the forest, Leon’s attitude begins to sour.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
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Verb
Two people in our camp made it out in a truck; two others started driving, got caught in a shower, and trudged back to camp on foot.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
Here is the latest news out of Maui as officials and residents alike trudge forward toward recovery following the tragedy.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
Others in the camp trudged through mud and around large puddles on Tuesday afternoon to a row of white canopies just outside the fence.
—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
Instead, the show trudged through locker-room rivalries, boardroom subplots, and the business machinations of the owner, Jerry Buss, before finally staging a tip-off halfway through, for Magic’s first Lakers game.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2023
But overall, these are cool-looking boots for trudging around wet city streets and a fashion statement at the very least.
—Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
On social media and via calls and text messages, Paradise residents have rushed to share their deep and highly specialized expertise: how to trudge forward through unthinkable communal devastation, while navigating the seemingly endless bureaucracy of recovery.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
Elisha Barnes leaned over the steering wheel of his blue 1961 Ford tractor as workers from the local food bank trudged through a muddy field and dumped baskets of sweet corn into the bucket.
—Jim Morrison, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
As soon as Gonsolin trudged back to the dugout after the inning, however, the Dodgers’ offense roared to life.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Noun
To longtime followers of the ins and outs of climate policy, the trip was an important stop on the trudge to the United Nations climate conference to be held in Dubai this fall.
—Justin Worland, Time, 20 July 2023
Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution (Oxford University, 603 pp., $29.95) is a trudge to read, but its encyclopedic descriptions can yield interesting details and some solid tactical analysis.
—Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 13 July 2023
In this July 20, 1969, file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
A week-by-week trudge on a treadmill that the NBA schedule-maker cruelly set on a steep gradient.
—Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2021
Instead of chasing bets on this year’s road to the Final Four, Cappelen is beginning the long trudge to recovery.
—Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2023
During several hikes, including a chilly sunrise hike to the tallest dune and an hours-long, seemingly endless trudge that circled the entirety of the dunes, participants alternated between solitary moments and sharing insights (and laughs) with others in the group.
—Amanda Siebert, Forbes, 1 July 2022
Petterson’s trudge in the deep snow.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 10 July 2020
Nature is there to inspire, not antagonize, them, though when their car breaks down eight miles from the house, forcing an arduous trudge through the forest, Leon’s attitude begins to sour.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
origin unknown
First Known Use
Verb
1547, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trudge. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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